David Gilmour's candy-apple red '62V Stratocaster & Roland GR700 guitar synth
Posted on 24/01/2014 by ozzy in The Blog
In the 1983, David Gilmour bought few new guitars for his upcoming About Face tour. That included a Cream Strat which has become his main guitar on the tour, and a candy-apple Red Strat, that later replaced the Cream one. Both were a '57 vintage reissue models. Also purchased at that time was a fiesta red '62 vintage reissue Stratocaster with a white pickguard and rosewood neck. After being used as a back-up guitar on the tour, it was fitted with a Roland guitar synthesiser pickup and its additional electronics (hence the enlarged pickguard).
Gilmour used it briefly in conjunction with his normal guitar effects setup. The sound from the additional pickup went to a multi-way connector, then to a Roland GR700 guitar synthesiser, a MXR digital delay, a chorus, and finally to two Fender Concert amps.
This rig was used in 1984 during recording sessions with Paul McCartney, and also at the Guitar Greats concert for All Lovers Are Deranged (0:53:00).
Source: Phil Taylor - The Black Strat
